diff --git a/meta/classes/flit_core.bbclass b/meta/classes/flit_core.bbclass
index 819d12457c..a7667795fe 100644
--- a/meta/classes/flit_core.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/flit_core.bbclass
@@ -3,15 +3,13 @@ inherit pip_install_wheel python3native python3-dir setuptools3-base
 DEPENDS += "python3 python3-flit-core-native python3-pip-native"
 
 flit_core_do_configure () {
-    mkdir -p ${S}/dist
-    cat > ${S}/build-it.py << EOF
-from flit_core import buildapi
-buildapi.build_wheel('./dist')
-EOF
+    :
 }
 
+# TODO: ideally this uses pypa/build
 flit_core_do_compile () {
-    ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${PYTHON_PN}-native/${PYTHON_PN} ${S}/build-it.py
+    mkdir -p ${S}/dist
+    nativepython3 -c "from flit_core import buildapi; buildapi.build_wheel('./dist')"
 }
 
 EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_configure do_compile